[CPEO-BIF] More vapor testing in Ithaca, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE testing continues on South Hill

By Jennie Daley
Ithaca Journal (NY)
November 9, 2006

ITHACA - A fifth round of testing, which added the Ithaca Police 
Department Headquarters and the Ithaca City Court to its purview, is 
under way this fall on South Hill.

Located downhill from the former Morse Chain plant — now owned by 
Emerson Power Transmission — homes on South Hill have been tested for 
chemicals including tricholorethene, or TCE, a likely carcinogen, over 
the past two years. This latest round, which started in October, will 
re-examine 18 homes tested in Phase IV and add the two city properties 
to its scope.

At the police department, Chief Lauren Signer said the headquarters had 
not been tested yet but was expected to be soon.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS01/611090357/1002/NEWS01

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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